Method for Assessing Risk of Road Accidents in Transportation of School Children

[摘要] The rationale behind the problem being investigated is explained by the remaining high level of the accident rates with the participation of vehicles carrying groups of children, including school buses, in the Russian Federation over the period of several years. The article is aimed at the identification of new approaches to improve the safety of transportation of schoolchildren in accordance with the Concept of children transportation by buses and the plan for its implementation. The leading approach to solve the problem under consideration is the prediction of accidents in the schoolchildren transportation. The article presents the results of the accident rate analysis with the participation of school buses in the Russian Federation for five years. Besides, a system to monitor the transportation of schoolchildren is proposed; the system will allow analyzing and forecasting traffic accidents which involve buses carrying groups of children, including school buses. In addition, the article presents a methodology for assessing the risk of road accidents during the transportation of schoolchildren.

[发布机构] Department of Transport Machinery and Transport-Technological Processes, Far Eastern Federal University, 8 Sukhanova St., Vladivostok; 690090, Russia^1;Department of Road Transport Exploitation, Pacific National University, 136 Tihookeanskaya St., Khabarovsk; 680035, Russia^2

[学科分类] 土木及结构工程学

[关键词] Accident rate;New approaches;Russian federation;School bus